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Folk Art

Folk Art

These dolls were hand-made or hand crafted in America, especially when Americans could not afford expensive European dolls. Most of these folk dolls represent the southern blacks from 1800�s. Many dolls were from discarded clothes, so they were called rag dolls. Different types of material were used to make these dolls such as nuts, cornhusk, tobacco and bottles.

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The Philadelphia Doll Museum
2253 North Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19132
  Phone: (215) 787 - 0220
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